Air France v. Saks

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that “liability under Article 17 of the Warsaw Convention arises only if a passenger's injury is caused by an unexpected or unusual event or happening that is external to the passenger”
• stating that “in interpreting a treaty it is proper ... to refer to the records of its drafting and negotiation”
• concluding that a passenger's injury was not caused by an “accident” for which the airline could be held accountable under the Warsaw Convention, but expressing no view as to whether he could maintain a state cause of action for negligence
• Holding that French law controls the interpretation of the Warsaw Convention.
• indicating that the plaintiff sought recovery on a state negligence action, independent of her failed Warsaw Convention claim, but declining to address the issue
• explaining that, in an analogous provision of the Warsaw Convention, “accident” refers to the cause, rather than the occurrence of the injury

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).